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Line 32: − A former car salesman,<ref name=salon/> Higgins defeated another Republican, former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Scott A. Angelle, in a runoff election for the 3rd district U.S. House seat on December 10, 2016. The incumbent representative, Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, gave up the seat in an unsuccessful bid for the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8 primary election. Victory in the Senate race went to state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], who won the right to succeed the retiring incumbent senator, Republican [[David Vitter]]. +
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==2016 congressional race==
==2016 congressional race==
Higgins is a former car salesman.<ref name=salon/> On December 10, 2016, he defeated in a runoff the Moderate Republican [[Scott Angelle]], a former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, in their contest for the 3rd congressional district U.S. House seat. The incumbent representative, Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, gave up the seat in an unsuccessful bid for the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8 primary election. Victory in the Senate race went to state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], who won the right to succeed the retiring incumbent senator, Republican [[David Vitter]].
Higgins espouses a [[conservative]] political stance in which he urges the public to:
Higgins espouses a [[conservative]] political stance in which he urges the public to: